Latest articles by Niall Doherty
Robert Plant on the album that he likes to start his day with - even if no-one else in the house is a fan
The ex-Led Zep icon has a compilation that takes him back to early blues trailblazers
Doncaster pop-punk sensation Yungblud unveils his cover of a Kiss classic
The Doncaster pop-punker has reworked the 1979 hit for the soundtrack of The Fall Guy
Smashing Pumpkins unveil their new guitarist after trawling through 10,000 hopefuls
Billy Corgan's crew put out an open call for a new member in January and they've found the latest addition to their line-up
The band that split-up every five minutes: Your essential guide to every album by The Verve
When they weren't splitting up on a monthly basis, The Verve made some fabulous records
“I don’t filter my opinions. I filter whether I’m being kind or not”: how David Crosby turned into a master of the Twitter putdown in his final years
The iconic singer-songwriter had no problems dishing it out if he felt like his targets deserved it
“It might be as close as we came to being a four-piece rock band and I say that with no regret”: Michael Stipe on his favourite R.E.M. album
The R.E.M. frontman has two records he holds closest from the 17 that the Athens, Georgia alt-rockers released
“Even Bowie must have thought, ‘Hang on, these guys have appeared out of nowhere, how did that happen?!’”: Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera on the meteoric rise of the glam-rock trailblazers
The group went from zero to heroes when their self-titled debut blew up big in 1972
“I remember seeing my first rock legend snorting cocaine in the bathroom, like, ‘Oh, I’ve heard about this’”: Foo Fighters’ Nate Mendel on the night they played at David Bowie’s epic 50th birthday bash
The Foos joined Robert Smith, Kim Gordon, Lou Reed and more for a triumphant night at Madison Square Garden
“I started watching people like the Pope - when he turns up you know he’s in the room!”: Skindred frontman Benji Webbe on how he became metal’s most flamboyant frontman
And it’s not just onstage, either – the singer says sometimes he’ll do the gardening in one of his sequinned jackets
"He was one of those people that I knew I would listen to”: Muse's Matt Bellamy on the time they worked with Mutt Lange
The Back In Black producer was behind the mixing desk for the trio's 2015 record Drones
"Carlos Santana told me I was like a shaman on stage and he wanted to do a band with me": Gavin Rossdale's stories of Keanu Reeves, David Bowie, Bono and more
He's been bitten by Shirley Manson, sung on stage with Alice In Chains, spent 15 hours a day for months with Tom Jones, and is pals with Robert Downey Jr. He’s Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, and these are his stories
"He was drunk out of his mind and he asked me to make out with him": Billy Corgan on how he became a fan of The Cure... and the first time he met Robert Smith
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Cure leader went on to become fast friends
“It was so embarrassing, it was terrible”: Muse on their most galling onstage malfunction
The trio have a knack for the spectacular, but sometimes the spectacular backfires…
“We started out with an aim to annoy!”: Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil on the band’s early days
The Scottish trio will revisit their first three records with a series of shows in October
“It was the loudest thing I’d ever heard in my entire life”: Jet’s Nic Cester on the time he auditioned to be the new singer in AC/DC
The Jet frontman was in the running when Brian Johnson was ruled out of the Rock Or Bust tour in 2016
“It’s about a beautiful ménage à trois and you can’t beat that, can you?” Perry Farrell on what he thinks is Jane’s Addiction's most underrated song
Look away now if you get awkward about rock stars talking about their threesomes...
"My dad said, 'Turn off the demo, just play me it on acoustic guitar and sing it'": Inhaler's Eli Hewson on the advice he got from his dad, Bono
The Inhaler frontman also recalls the famous faces who visited the family home when he was a kid
“Watching David Byrne work was so pivotal”: St. Vincent on what she learned from working with the Talking Heads leader
The pair collaborated on the 2012 album Love This Giant
"Get the **** off my stage before I punch you in the ****ing face": Ten times a band stopped a gig to lambast a member of their own crowd
Shoe-throwing, stopping fights, people chatting, stage invaders... it's tough up there for your heroes
“Taylor wanted to write a song for a friend of ours who was going through a bad time”: Perry Farrell on the time him and Taylor Hawkins teamed up to record a track for a pal
The Jane’s Addiction singer and late Foo Fighters drummer released Mend back in 2021
"We were a performance art troupe that played pop songs. There was this element of wanting to destroy rock": meet Bodega, the next NYC band who could be your life
"We definitely ruffled some feathers early on": Bodega, a band not afraid of being very annoying indeed
“We’re still making records because we think we’re the best band in the world”: The Jesus and Mary Chain may not have destroyed the music industry as they had hoped, but they gave it a damn good shot
God bless The Jesus and Mary Chain
“I went home sore cos I was moshing!”: Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA on his favourite rock records
The Wu-Tang leader is a big fan of System Of A Down and Clutch…
